Letting Theatre Make Sense of the World
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Christopher Preslar’s stellar performance as the brooding Tom Wingfield in Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie and his ability to bring a play t...
The Art of Leading by Enabling
6 min read
What inspired you to write When the Chicken Dies Everyone Cries?In May 2015 I was invited to speak at TEDxWeldQuay. The theme was “Momentum”. I de...
Sketching those Little Moments
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Azmi Hussin’s studio is easy to miss: sandwiched between a money changer and a shop offering video and photography services on Lebuh Chulia, one has to sq...
Capturing Vanishing Worlds
5 min read
(Left) Jimmy Nelson.Jimmy Nelson’s job is no walk in the park: constantly gallivanting in jungle thickets around the world, he leaves his family of...
Battling Plagues – One after Another
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The Dr Wu Lien-Teh Society conducts annual public lectures to showcase contributions made by notable medical figures in the realm of public health. Now in its f...
Ambassadress of Arabic Music
4 min read
April Centrone is a drummer, percussionist, teacher and music therapist based in New York and New Jersey in the US, who enjoys an international reputation as we...
Free of Words
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Artist Ono Kang is dyslexic, but was not diagnosed with the reading disorder until he turned 30. Dyslexia was not known in the local community back then, and On...
Using Books to Connect Cultures
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Every time a festive season comes around, a full-page advertisement appears in major local newspapers. It features historical figures and talks about Malaysian...
Traversing South-East Asia’s Fractured Literary Landscape
4 min read
Minh Bui Jones’ life is very much tied to words and his South-East Asian roots. Born in Vietnam, he migrated to Australia in 1978 where he began his media...
A Lifetime Passion for Stamps
3 min read
Anthony Chan Guan Fook.Tucked away at Jalan Masjid Kapitan Keling is a hidden gem for stamp enthusiasts – or philatelics. L. C. Lee & Co has bee...
Daniel Häggmark: From Hälsingland to Penang
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At the MONITOR office, the meeting rooms are named after Swedish sports personalities.Daniel Häggmark, Managing Director of MONITOR ERP, is responsib...
Writing the Cycles of Womanhood
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Provocative with a generous dash of genius, Hiromi Ito gained prominence in the Japanese literary scene in the 1980s. Among her English readers, Ito is best kno...